Book tickets for conference Rethinking Youth Gender Medicine: First Do No Harm 5/6 July
Join leading UK and international clinicians, researchers, academics, parents, and former gender clinic patients in Central London on 5–6 July 2026 for a two-day conference examining evidence, ethics and clinical practice in the care of children and young adults with gender related distress.
We've got an amazing line up of speakers, from UK, USA, Canada, Australia and France.
We're delighted Maeve Halligan who made the recent stirring speech at Cambridge Union will be speaking at our conference on the importance of having the courage to speak out to protect children and young people from harm. She represents one of the demographics - young women - most vulnerable to the message that "transition" will solve their problems, with the result that women under 25 are the single biggest group attending adult gender clinics.
Sessions will cover:
The origins and spread of medical "transition" with puberty blockers and hormones, starting with the deeply flawed Dutch protocol - exploring how we got to a situation where so many young people, especially women, believe they need to permanently modify their sexed bodies to be happy.
The risks of puberty blockers to the adolescent brain
Challenging the ideological underpinnings, especially dubious diagnoses like "gender incongruence"
Detransitioners talking about the services they need
Dangers of the puberty blocker trial (though paused, it may still go ahead)
The lack of evidence and the risks and harms of adult gender medicine from hormones to surgery (Every year over 500 young women have double mastectomies for "gender dysphoria" on the NHS)
The harms of social transition, and social and cultural pressures on young people especially young women
The link between autism and "gender dysphoria"
Perspectives of parents and families and how they can best help and support a "gender questioning" child
Ethical dilemmas: "bodily autonomy" v. clinicians duty to first do no harm
Alternative psychotherapeutic approaches to helping young people with "gender related distress"
Early bird tickets unitl 31 May
Concession, student, livestream and one day tickets available
Sunday evening social
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